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Issue: Action Comics Weekly #623
Publication Date: October 1988
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Issues: #623 of 42 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/08/1988
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.00 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.50 USD
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Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Gold (supervising editor); Robert Greenberger (associate editor); Brian Augustyn (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Contains 6 stories.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Brent Anderson (signed)
Inker(s): Brent Anderson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (cover editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Priest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Christopher Priest [as James Owsley]; M. D. Bright (co-plotter)
Penciller(s): M. D. Bright
Inker(s): Jose Marzan Jr.
Colorist(s): Anthony Tollin
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Editor(s): Dennis O'Neil (editor); Dan Raspler (assistant editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Priest
Synopsis: Hal Jordan tracks the beam that destroyed his power battery to another planet, where the being who caused it gets Hal to intervene in an interplanetary war.
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In Content Item: FlagJustice League [Lega della Giustizia] #4 published July 1990
as Prete [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4263
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #622; continues in Action Comics Weekly #624.
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Chapter One: My Week in Valhalla

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas
Penciller(s): Rick Stasi
Inker(s): Rick Magyar
Colorist(s): Nansi Hoolahan
Letterer(s): Jean Simek
Editor(s): Mike Gold (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shazam!
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Ralph Decker; Officer Randall; Dudley Batson [Uncle Dudley]; Elvira Thickert [Emily Thickert]; Joel; Zack McCullers (dies); Dawn McCullers; Duane McCullers (photo)
Synopsis: After Captain Marvel accidentally kills a man, Billy Batson tries to make amends with the family.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: G-4207
Disclose Notes: Series continues from Shazam: The New Beginning (DC, 1987 series).

Story continues in Action Comics Weekly #624.

Elvira Thickert was called Emily Thickert in Shazam: The New Beginning.
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[Grave Doings, Part 5] Seventeen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Baron
Penciller(s): Kelley Jones
Inker(s): Tony DeZuñiga; Pablo Marcos
Colorist(s): Daniel Vozzo
Letterer(s): Helen Vesik
Editor(s): Barbara Kesel (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Deadman
Character(s): Deadman [Boston Brand]; Wellman Legros; zombies; Madame Waxahachie (first name given as both Molly and Mabel); Clara; Letrita Brogden; Lisa Brogden; spirit of Stella Peckshaw; spirit of Delia Peckshaw; Luke Estes
Synopsis: Deadman and Madame Waxahachie track the spirits of the Peckshaw twins who have assembled their army of zombies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4342
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #621; continues in Action Comics Weekly #624.
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Revelations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): Tom Ziuko
Letterer(s): Bill Oakley
Editor(s): Mike Carlin (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; John Hodges; Mr. Billings
Synopsis: The Consortium details its reasons for desiring to destroy Superman.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-4374
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #622; continues in Action Comics Weekly #624.
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Standard Allowable Abductions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin Pasko
Penciller(s): Frank Springer
Inker(s): Frank McLaughlin
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Editor(s): Robert Greenberger (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Secret Six
Character(s): Secret Six [Tony Mantegna; Vic Sommers; Luke McKendrick; Ladonna Jameal; Dr. Maria Verdugo]; Shelley; Steve Traeger; Mr. Drake
Synopsis: Members of the Secret Six escape from "The Agency" with Steve Traeger.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Action Comics Weekly #622; continues in Action Comics Weekly #624.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Brian Augustyn
Penciller(s): Alan Davis (cover preview)
Inker(s): Alan Davis (cover preview)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics Weekly
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3385
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The Devil Was a Baby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López
Inker(s): José Luis García-López
Colorist(s): Petra Scotese
Letterer(s): Dan McKinnon
Editor(s): Renee Witterstaetter (editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Phantom Stranger
Character(s): The Phantom Stranger; Sister Camille; Father Davis; Satan
Synopsis: A priest dispatches Satan after he holds The Phantom Stranger at bay.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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